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US 8,540,914 B2Granted
Textured surfaces
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJohn Christopher Wilde, Alan D. Oskowski
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Abstract
One embodiment of a method of manufacturing a textured surface may include providing a first thermally stable sheet, printing a pattern of material on the first sheet to form a three-dimensional textured surface, and curing the material, then using said first sheet to impart negative texture into Tedlar faced epoxy composite blanket, which is in turn used to impart texture into a decorative laminate.
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A method of manufacturing a textured surface comprising:
- providing a first sheet;
- printing a pattern of material on the first sheet to form a three-dimensional textured surface on the first sheet;
- curing the three-dimensional textured surface;
- heating and pressing the three-dimensional textured surface against a second sheet, the second sheet comprising a polyvinyl fluoride film release sheet adhered to an uncured composite sheet;
- curing the second sheet to form a negative three-dimensional textured surface;
- and heating and pressing the negative three-dimensional textured surface of the cured second sheet against a decorative laminate to form a second three-dimensional textured surface on the decorative laminate.
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A method of manufacturing a textured surface comprising:
- printing a pattern of material on a first sheet to form a three-dimensional textured surface on the first sheet, wherein the pattern of material is based on a digital image of a target texture;
- curing the three-dimensional textured surface;
- pressing the three-dimensional textured surface against a release sheet adhered to an uncured composite, the release sheet comprising a polyvinyl fluoride film;
- curing the release sheet adhered to the uncured composite to form a negative three-dimensional textured surface;
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- pressing the negative three-dimensional textured surface of the cured composite against a component to form a second three-dimensional textured surface on the component.
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A method of manufacturing a textured surface comprising:
- digitally imaging a target texture so as to create a digital image of the target texture;
- printing a pattern of material on a first sheet to form a three-dimensional textured surface on the first sheet wherein the pattern of material is based on the digital image of the target texture;
- curing the three-dimensional textured surface;
- pressing the three-dimensional textured surface against a polyvinyl fluoride film release sheet adhered to an uncured composite sheet;
- curing the composite sheet to form a negative three-dimensional textured surface;
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- pressing the negative three-dimensional textured surface of the cured composite sheet against a component to form a second three-dimensional textured surface on the component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.